Get up close and personal with birds of prey. The 19th annual Raptor Fest will spread its wings near the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Saturday, Oct. 8, from noon to 3 p.m. NYC Parks Department Urban Park Rangers will interact with at least a dozen falcons, hawks, owls, and ravens in a
“Never stop learning because life never stops teaching,” a wise person once said. In this vein, Queens hosts some tremendous educational enrichment activities over the next few days with literature, theater, and politics leading the way. On Sept. 26, Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen will discuss her new book, Where the Jews Aren’t, at the Central
What motivates Russell Simmons? The Queens-bred entrepreneur, activist, and author will discuss his drive at the Museum of the Moving Image in the Kaufman Arts District on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. Presented in collaboration with CNNMoney, this event, which will begin with an advance screening, brings attention to “The American Dream: New York,”
Row, row, row your boat…and enjoy food, dancing, music, and martial arts presentations. The 26th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival will take place in Flushing Meadows Corona Park this weekend. Scheduled for 9 am to 5 pm on both days, more than 180 teams (consisting of roughly 2,500 participants) will compete in various skill
It’s the perfect combination. The chefs are real jerk experts and the singers have serious Rude Boy skills. The Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival will fill Roy Wilkins Park with mouth-watering scents and hip-moving rhythms on July 17. Set to start at 11:30 a.m., this sixth annual event will attract more than 16,000 patrons who love
July 8, 2016 Be scared. Be very scared. The community group A Better Jamaica kicks off its Classic Film Fridays series with an outdoor screening of the 1960 masterpiece Psycho in Rufus King Park tonight (July 8) at about 8:30 pm. This year, the eighth annual series will present five time-honored movies that center on
The Queens Economic Development Corporation and Queens Tourism Council will host Queens Taste 2024 at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Tuesday, May 21, from 6 pm to 9 pm.
We expect to attract more than 500 attendees with 50 restaurants and beverage purveyors, who will offer samples of their products. Thus, attendees will be able to bounce from table to table, tasting treats from tangy to fiery, crunchy to velvety, and sweet to briny.
Queens Taste is also a celebration of the borough — and a great way to network. Almost all the anticipated 500 attendees either live in Queens or do business there. Many are executives and captains of industry. The atmosphere is always festive, almost giddy, creating an ideal scene for meeting and greeting.